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American International Group (AIG) is one of the world largest insurance companies and the largest underwriter in commercial and industrial coverage in the United States. AIG is well known in the US for property/casualty and specialty insurance, AIG also has strong life insurance operations abroad. Other lines include personal auto and worker’s compensation. AIG’s financial services division engages in trading, currency hedging and aircraft leasing. AIG has operations in 130 countries. More than half of AIG’s sales come from outside the U.S.

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MNS, established in 1980, is a financial advisory and investment banking firm specializing in emerging markets of Central and Eastern Europe. MNS applies its finance, advisory and investment banking skills to assist in pioneering privatizations in Latin America, Central and Eastern Europe and newly independent states of the former Soviet Union. MNS assist governments and enterprises in attracting foreign partners and capital. It has extensive experience in forming joint ventures, investing equity and locating strategic investors, acquisition candidates and merger partners. The company’s main activities are government advisory, corporate finance and planning, privatization as well as post privatization and capital rising services.

Isaac Deutsch, Associate

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Westdeutsche Landesbank operates worldwide, but its core banking market is in Germany. The bank's services include commercial wholesale banking and financial services for local authorities in its home state. Its international operations, primarily in Europe, serve multinational companies, public institutions, international and savings banks, property investors and developers, and institutional investors. WestLB is represented in more than 35countries worldwide and employs over 10,000 staff in the Banking Group. Some of its services include-Corporate Clients services (strategic positioning, support in sales market, capital cost and risk management, liquidity and balance sheet optimization), Debt Capital Markets services, Global Derivatives and Fixed Income products (WestLB is one of the biggest issuers of DM bank bonds), warrants, structured finance services as well as global treasury economic research.

Susan Mitchell, Associate

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Westdeutsche Landesbank operates worldwide, but its core banking market is in Germany. The bank's services include commercial wholesale banking and financial services for local authorities in its home state. Its international operations, primarily in Europe, serve multinational companies, public institutions, international and savings banks, property investors and developers, and institutional investors. WestLB is represented in more than 35countries worldwide and employs over 10,000 staff in the Banking Group. Some of its services include-Corporate Clients services (strategic positioning, support in sales market, capital cost and risk management, liquidity and balance sheet optimization), Debt Capital Markets services, Global Derivatives and Fixed Income products (WestLB is one of the biggest issuers of DM bank bonds), warrants, structured finance services as well as global treasury economic research.

Shruti Gandhi, Director of Marketing

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Clinique is one of the Estée Lauder Companies Inc., which is one of the world’s leading manufacturers and marketers of quality skin care, makeup, fragrance and hair care products. In 1998 The Estée Lauder group achieved $3.6 billion in net sales, 61% of which have been realized in the American region, 27% in the Europe/Middle East/Africa region and the Asia/Pacific region represented 12% of net sales. Clinique prestige skin care, makeup and fragrance products for both men and women are sold in over 80 countries. Clinique was first launched in 1968 with skin care and makeup products that are all allergy tested and 100% fragrance free. Its products have been designed to address individual skin types and needs. The products are based on research and related expertise of leading dermatologists. Clinique was the first prestige cosmetics brand to offer fully interactive shopping online.

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The Estée Lauder Companies introduced Aramis in 1964. The brand pioneered the marketing of prestige men’s grooming and skin care products and fragrances. In 1987, it launched "Lab Series for Men," a leading men’s skin care line that includes shaving products, moisturizers, and cleansers. Lab Series for Men specializes in technologically innovative products such as the U-Turn Age Defying Formula. Aramis’ men’s fragrances include Aramis, Aramis 900, New West, Tuscany Per Uomo and Havana. Newer fragrances are Kiton Men and Kiton Donna. Aramis is sold in more than 10,000 doors in more than 100 countries and territories.

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The Estée Lauder Companies signed an exclusive global licensing agreement to develop and market a line of men’s and women’s fragrances and cosmetics under the Tommy Hilfiger brand in 1993. Two years later, the Company’s new division, Tommy Hilfiger Toiletries, launched a men’s fragrance, "tommy," which has been a tremendous success worldwide. The success of "tommy" led to the introduction of a women’s fragrance, "tommy girl," in the fall of 1996. In May 1998, Tommy Hilfiger Toiletries introduced "tommy’s shops" in the United States, while simultaneously launching new unisex body, hair and face products. The store-within-a-store format of the shops allows the new products to be sold alongside the three fragrances. Tommy Hilfiger Toiletries products are sold in more than 50 countries and territories.

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Morgan Stanley Dean Witter is a preeminent global financial services firm that maintains leading market positions in each of its businesses — Securities, Asset Management and Credit Services. The company combines leadership in investment banking (including underwriting public offerings of securities and mergers and acquisitions advice) and institutional sales and trading, with strengths in providing investment and global asset management services as well as quality consumer credit products. It is the #2 retail broker in the US and has more than 430 branches in the US and some 30 more abroad. The Asset Management group offers products like domestic and international bonds, equity and multi-asset class funds for individual and institutional investors and private partnerships that invest in private equity, venture capital and real estate opportunities. Its excellent research group includes equity, fixed income, and foreign exchange analysts, economists and strategists. Reuters' survey of fund managers and small- to mid-size corporations ranked Morgan Stanley Dean Witter No. 1 in broker research worldwide.

David Barden

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J.P. Morgan, one of the top international banking companies, offers a wide variety of commercial banking and investment services, including investment banking; brokerage services; asset management for institutions, corporations, and the wealthy; and proprietary investing, including direct equity investments in companies. Morgan is reinventing itself by making a transition from traditional commercial banking to investment banking; it is finding the competition fierce. The company has a strong overseas presence, with more than half of sales originating from outside the US. The company's sole presence in the consumer market is its 45% interest in American Century Investments, which offers a variety of mutual funds.

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Booz·Allen & Hamilton is a leading management and technology consulting firm focused on business strategy and transformation. It provides services to clients on six continents through two business sectors—the Worldwide Commercial Business and the Worldwide Technology Business. Its Commercial Business clients are primarily major international corporations whereas its Technology Business serves government clients both in the United States and abroad. Booz Allen & Hamilton’s major areas of expertise include: Organization and Strategic Leadership, Strategy and Corporate Finance, Operations Management, Information Technology and Technology Development. Its New York City-based commercial unit provides a variety of consulting services to companies in such industries as communications, energy, computing, engineering. Booz·Allen & Hamilton has 9000 employees located in 100 offices around the world.